Improved method of preparing magnesium for burning



CI H. WING.

Preparing Magnesium For Burning.

No. 54,266. Patented April 24, 1866;

Win v Im ala? UNITE\ STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CHARLES H, WING, OF NEWTON CORNER, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN MAGNESIUM COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED METHOD OF PREPARING MAGNESIUM FOR BURNING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,266, dated April 24, 1866.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES HALLE'I WING, of the town of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful device of Magnesium for the Purposes of Illumination and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact account and description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention consists in forming a spiral coil of magnesium wire or ribbon, as shown in the drawing, and which may be burned supported horizontally on a small iron wire passed through the axis of the coil. In this way the combustion may be retarded and the falling of the hot ash prevented.

To enable others skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, I will proceed to demethod of supporting the metal while burning; but

What I do claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The forming of magnesium wire or ribbon into the spiral coils herein described.

CHAS. H. WING.

Witnesses:

SAML. M. WARREN, ALLEN LINcoLN. 

